Seasons of Life - Adjust Without Compromise
Backstep Forward Newsletter
by Kyle Mast
A short, to-the-point, weekly newsletter.
One challenge to take a step back.
One idea to propel you forward.
Seasons of life require adjustment, not compromise. (Share this on Twitter)
We live in a world where information is exponentially fast, in-your-face, and often curated to show an impossible ideal.
We all have ideas in our heads of how we think ideal life should look. It usually includes a slow morning of reading with a hot cup of tea harvested by Tibetan monks along a mountain spring.
The ideal rarely includes toddlers screaming from cribs with fevers and snot at 3am (ask me about my morning).
Instead of letting go or compromising on what is most important to us at different stages of life, we need to be ready and willing to make small but deliberate adjustments to allow for the season. And then be ready to adjust again as the seasons change.
Backstep
What is one “ideal” that is important to you and how you want to live your life, but one you have been struggling to make a part of your life consistently? In your current season of life, with all of your other “ideal” life ideas, is this ideal reasonable?
Forward
Give yourself some grace. You don’t have to be a ripped, marathon-running parent who spends an hour daily volunteering, reading classics, and all the while calmly raising a tribe of kids.
You can be a healthy, walking parent who is growing and spending quality time with your kids and who apologizes when your reactions are not calm.
Look at the one ideal that you feel you have been coming up short on consistently. Do something to adjust that ideal, without compromising what you believe or who you are, so it more realistically fits your current season of life.
Seasons of life require adjustment, not compromise. (Share this on Twitter)
Kyle Mast
Christ follower, blessed husband, growing father, business founder/owner/seller, real estate investor.